hell yes, but it sounds like SailorChef is determined to truck a 27 up from NOLA...btw, how cool would that be to have a true "boats from other places" Nats? At the J35 NACs last year, there were boats in from Detroit, Canada and R.I., so if they can get a 35 here from those parts, oughta be some out of town 27's on the line for our (your) event, eh?
It's especially nifty when an O-O-T boat wins! so much for local knowledge... tf > Hey Mark - > > Just come up and play with us and don't bother the hassle of bringing a > boat > north. There are plenty here and, worst case scenario, you would be much > better off chartering a locally, pretty well equipped boat than trying to > bring > one north, unless you idea of a good time is sailing a C27 the 2500 miles > from La to Annapolis in the heat of south in August.... > > At the last Nationals (2003) we had 25 boats and, yes there are a few > varieties, but 22-23 of the 25 boats are the standard rig outboard models. > > We in Fleet 8 all race with the same OD configuration. Outboard, > standard > rig. In the nationals a few years back we did accommodate inboard, non > spin > and tall rigs in a "silver" fleet that raced with PHRF ratings, but > didn't > really count towards the National title, or for that matter the Annapolis > Race > Week dailies and overall. > > TF - What do you think? Can we find some space for a southern > interloper > on the Box of Toys? Of course we will have to ask the Dr. (Larry) about > his > participation. Afraid Mike R. will be unavailable for next season as the > rumor is that Hi Tide will be back out, but I will see what I can do > about a 5th. > Of course Mrs. Chris will be on board. > > Long Live the C27 Nationals (even if we only do it in Annapolis every 5 > years). > > CD > > Chris D > toy box > eastport, md > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com >

